Anya Jenkins /

Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the cult television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she also appears in the comic book series based on the television show. Portrayed by Emma Caulfield, the character appears as a guest star in the third and fourth seasons of the show before becoming a series regular in the show's fifth season. The character made her last television appearance in 2003, appearing in the series finale of the show that aired on May 20, 2003. A consistent idiosyncracy of the character is her ever-changing hair color and style, something she humorously alludes to herself. Anya was born as Aud in the ninth century in Sjornjost, a small Scandinavian village. Aud (pronounced "odd") grew up raising rabbits and became an outsider in her community, which dismissed her as "odd", because of her strange mannerisms and out-of-the-ordinary ideas (such as not wanting to sell the rabbits she had been breeding, but instead giving them to people in the village as gifts). She eventually falls in love with the boorish Olaf, a Viking warrior who enjoys hunting trolls and drinking at the bar. In 880, a furious Aud discovers that Olaf